Why Use a Topical Vitamin C?

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Why Use a Topical Vitamin C?

Vitamin C is one of the most important nutrients for protecting skin and promoting its health, elasticity, and regeneration. It’s especially important for promoting wound healing and guarding against the adverse effects of photo damage caused by the sun’s UV rays.

Topical lotions, creams, serums, and sunscreens that contain vitamin C can prove to be highly beneficial when applied to the skin daily, as vitamin C is readily absorbed by the skin.

4 Reasons to Apply Topical Vitamin C Every Day

In addition to being essential for dietary and nutritional purposes, studies have shown that vitamin C also plays an important role in skin health.

Applying a topical vitamin C every day can improve your skin by offering:

Protection against free radical damage
Although vitamin C doesn’t block the sun’s harmful rays on the UVA and UVB spectrums, it does help to slow down damage caused by free radicals. These harmful molecules are released when the skin is exposed to excess sunlight, and the body responds to their presence by increasing its uptake of available vitamin C. When vitamin is applied topically, it’s immediately available when your skin needs it.

Reduction in visible wrinkles
Vitamin C plays an important role in the production of collagen. People who produce high levels of collagen often have youthful and healthy-looking skin. That means people who consume high levels of dietary vitamin C also have healthier looking skin, and the effect is even more pronounced for people who apply topical vitamin C on a regular basis.

Improvement in dry skin
Dry skin is often caused by water loss in in the epidermis. When vitamin C is introduced into the skin by a topical cream or lotion, it can help reduce water loss. When skin retains water more efficiently and effectively, it’s less prone to premature aging, wrinkling, and flaking.

Brightening of dark spots, age spots, and hyper pigmentation
A key sign of aging is the appearance of dark spots on the skin. These spots most often occur due to sun damage, but they can also occur when the skin loses its ability to fully regenerate from blemishes and small cuts or wounds. Topical vitamin C can have a bleaching effect on the skin and lighten dark spots and reduce the appearance of scars and redness caused by inflammation.